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Neighbor Against Neighbor:
Partisan units often fought against opposing loyalist militia comprised of their own neighbors.
Much of the fighting in Georgia and the Carolinas took place between Americans. Many colonists there -- as in all the colonies -- remained fiercely loyal to the king. Some were wealthy aristocrats; most were farmers of tradesmen. Some took refuge in British strongholds in Charleston, South Carolina, or fled to Canada, the Caribbean, or England.
At King's Mountain, South Carolina, in 1780, loyalists battled to the death neighbors who were dedicated to winning freedom from the Crown. |